Bill Text: MI SB0623 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Education; students; dual enrollment eligibility; modify in career and technical preparation act. Amends sec. 3 of 2000 PA 258 (MCL 388.1903). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0622'11, SB 0709'11, SB 0710'11
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-16 - Assigned Pa 0132'12 With Immediate Effect [SB0623 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0623-Engrossed.html
SB-0623, As Passed House, April 26, 2012
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 623
A bill to amend 2000 PA 258, entitled
"Career and technical preparation act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 388.1903), as amended by 2005 PA 181.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3. (1) As used in this act:
(a) "Career and technical preparation program" means a program
that teaches a trade, occupation, or vocation and that is operated
by an eligible postsecondary educational institution located in
this state.
(b) "Community college" means a community college established
under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to
389.195, or under part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,
MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607, or a federal tribally controlled
community college located in this state that is recognized under
the
tribally controlled community college colleges and universities
assistance act of 1978, 25 USC 1801 to 1852, and is determined by
the department to meet the requirements for accreditation by a
recognized regional accrediting body.
(c)
"Department" means the department of labor and economic
growth.education.
(d) "Eligible charges" means tuition and mandatory course
fees, material fees, and registration fees required by a career and
technical preparation program for enrollment in an eligible course.
Eligible charges also include any late fees charged by a career and
technical preparation program due to the school district's or
department of treasury's failure to make a required payment
according to the timetable prescribed under this act. Eligible
charges do not include transportation or parking costs or activity
fees.
(e) "Eligible course" means a course offered by a career and
technical preparation program that is offered for postsecondary
credit or is part of a noncredit occupational training program
leading to an industry-recognized credential; that is not offered
through
the school district, intermediate school district, or area
vocational-technical education program, or state approved nonpublic
school in which the eligible student is enrolled, or that is
offered through the school district, intermediate school district,
or
area vocational-technical education
program, or state approved
nonpublic school but is determined by its governing board to not be
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available to the eligible student because of a scheduling conflict
beyond the eligible student's control; that is a career and
technical preparation course not ordinarily taken as an activity
course; that is a course that the career and technical preparation
program normally applies toward satisfaction of certificate,
degree, or program completion requirements; and that is not a hobby
craft or recreational course. For each individual eligible student,
[unless there is a written agreement between the eligible student's school district and the career and technical preparation program to waive these limits,]
a course described in this subdivision is not an eligible course if
the eligible student's enrollment in, and the payment of eligible
charges under this act for, the course would exceed the following
limits:
(i) Not more than 10 courses overall. This limit and the limits
under subparagraphs (ii) to (iv) do not apply to a course if the
eligible student does not receive tuition and fee support under
this act for that course.
(ii) If the eligible student first enrolls in a course under
this act when the eligible student is in grade 9, not more than 2
courses during each academic year in the eligible student's first,
second, or third academic year of enrollment under this act in a
career and technical [preparation] program and not more than 4 courses
during the academic year in the eligible student's fourth academic
year of enrollment under this act in a career and technical
[preparation] program.
(iii) If the eligible student first enrolls in a course under
this act when the eligible student is in grade 10, not more than 2
courses during the academic year in the eligible student's first
academic year of enrollment under this act in a career and
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technical [preparation] program, not more than 4 courses during the
academic year in the eligible student's second academic year of
enrollment under this act in a career and technical [preparation]
program, and not more than 4 courses during the academic year in
the eligible student's third academic year of enrollment under this
act in a career and technical [preparation] program.
(iv) Subject to the overall course limit under subparagraph
(i), if the eligible student first enrolls in a course under this
act when the eligible student is in grade 11 or 12, not more than 6
courses during either of those academic years of enrollment in a
career and technical [preparation] program.
(f) "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" means a
state university, community college, or independent nonprofit
degree-granting college or university that is located in this state
and that chooses to comply with this act.
(g) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in at least 1
high
school class in at least grade 11 in a school district or
state approved nonpublic school in this state, except a foreign
exchange
pupil enrolled in a school district under a cultural
exchange program or a student who does not have at least 1 parent
or
legal guardian who is a resident of this state. Until the 2006-
2007
school year, to be an eligible student a student must have
achieved
state endorsement in all subject areas under section 1279
of
the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279, and,
However, subject to subsection (2), the student shall not have been
enrolled in high school for more than 4 school years including the
school year in which the student seeks to enroll in an eligible
course
under this act. However, if the student has not achieved
state
endorsement in all subject areas under that section, the
student
is an eligible student if the student achieves state
endorsement
in mathematics and a qualifying score on a nationally
or
industry recognized job skills assessment test as determined by
the
department. Beginning with eligibility to participate under
this
act during the 2006-2007 school year, to To be an eligible
student, a student who has not taken the Michigan merit examination
must have achieved a qualifying score in all subject areas on a
readiness assessment and a student who has taken the Michigan merit
examination must have achieved a qualifying score in all subject
areas on the Michigan merit examination, and, subject to subsection
(2), the student shall not have been enrolled in high school for
more than 4 school years including the school year in which the
student seeks to enroll in an eligible course under this act.
However, if the student has not achieved a qualifying score in all
subject areas on a readiness assessment or the Michigan merit
examination, as applicable for the student, the student is an
eligible student if the student achieves a qualifying score in
mathematics and a qualifying score on a nationally or industry
recognized job skills assessment test as determined by the
superintendent of public instruction. For the purposes of
determining the number of years a pupil has been enrolled in high
school, a pupil who is enrolled in high school for less than 90
days of a school year due to illness or other circumstances beyond
the control of the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian is not
considered to be enrolled in high school for that school year.
(h) "Intermediate school district" means that term as defined
in section 4 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4.
(i) "Michigan merit examination" means that examination
developed under section 1279g of the revised school code, 1976 PA
451, MCL 380.1279g.
(j) "Qualifying score" means a score on a readiness assessment
or on a nationally or industry recognized job skills assessment
test that has been determined by the superintendent of public
instruction to indicate readiness to enroll in a course under this
act.
(k) "Readiness assessment" means assessment instruments that
are aligned with state learning standards; that are used nationally
to provide high school students with an early indication of college
readiness proficiency in English, mathematics, reading, social
studies, and science and may contain a comprehensive career
planning program; and that are approved by the superintendent of
public instruction for the purposes of this act.
(l) "School district" means that term as defined in section 6
of
the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, a local act
school
district as defined in section 5 of the revised school code,
1976
PA 451, MCL 380.5, or a public
school academy organized under
as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,
MCL
380.1 to 380.1852.380.5.
(m) "State approved nonpublic school" means that term as
defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.6.
(n)
(m) "State university" means a state
institution of higher
education described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the
state constitution of 1963.
(2) The department, in consultation with the superintendent of
public instruction, shall promulgate rules establishing criteria
and procedures under which a student who has been enrolled in high
school for more than 4 years but not more than 5 years may be
considered to be an eligible student. The rules shall address
special circumstances under which a student may qualify to be
considered an eligible student under this subsection and may limit
the number of courses in which a student who qualifies under this
subsection may enroll. For the purposes of determining the number
of years a pupil has been enrolled in high school, a pupil who is
enrolled in high school for less than 90 days of a school year due
to illness or other circumstances beyond the control of the pupil
or the pupil's parent or guardian is not considered to be enrolled
for that school year.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect July 1,
2012.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 622.
(b) Senate Bill No. 709.
(c) Senate Bill No. 710.
